How to Install and Uninstall libgif-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libgif-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libgif-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libgif-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libgif-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libgif-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgif-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libgif-dev
Source: giflib
Version: 5.2.1-2.5
Installed-Size: 110
Maintainer: David Suárez
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgif7 (= 5.2.1-2.5)
Description: library for GIF images (development)
Description-md5: a731686a842ebcd795d484b9dbceabc0
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://giflib.sourceforge.net/
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/giflib/libgif-dev_5.2.1-2.5_amd64.deb
Size: 49696
MD5sum: b8712720451981020e62df1b0c02902f
SHA256: 5ca9ed5e0aa3e5cab87a5350fff59e148c5f3c590541f442fec6c46c5b4cae75